I had been hoping to post this update the weekend before last, but at the time I felt like I’d not done enough to write about and had hopes of painting my Vampire Raider by Sunday night. Well, that didn’t happen and last week ran away from me, so I didn’t get any hobby time beyond odd bits and pieces and a game of Aeronautica on Wednesday night.
Oh well. At least I managed to watch Zulu Dawn and Zulu in the few hours I managed not to spend working.
Gaming: Aeronautica Imperialis
Another resounding victory for the Astartes over the foul Aeldari. This is the third game on the bounce that I’ve wiped out my opponent in three turns or less and I’m starting to feel a bit bad about it. To be fair, the dice were really REALLY in my favour. My Xiphon interceptors had armoured cockpits (6+ armour save) and I succeeded with three out of the first four saves.
Anyway, here’s the two lists:
Astartes:
- 2x Storm Eagles
- 3x Xiphon Interceptors
- All with Armoured Cockpits
Aeldari:
- 3x Nightwings with Twin Scatter Lasers
- 3x Phoenix bombers With Twin Pulse Lasers
Painting
Managed to finish off my second Hemlock Wraithfighter on Monday. Have to say I’m not too struck on the end result. I opted for a slightly simpler scheme than with the first one in order to differentiate it and save a little time when painting, however I feel like the end result is a little… meh…
Oh well, at least it’s done!
Reading:
Finished reading the third Gaunts Ghosts omnibus, The Saint by Dan Abnett, which concludes my current collection of that series. Looked up to see if any more books exist. They do, but getting a copy means paying over the odds to scalpers. Guess I’ll just not read them. Started writing a ranting blog post about this but haven’t had chance to finish writing it.
Had a dig through the bulk book purchase I made a few years ago and found the Eisenhorn trilogy, so I’m looking forward to reading that now.
Website:
Added a page for my Blood Angels force including why I chose them, a bit of lore and a few pictures.
I’ve also been thinking about what I want to do design wise for the site, as the theme I selected doesn’t scale for smaller screen sizes like on phones. This was some what intentional when I set up so that I’d focus on publishing content rather than perfect presentation. However, if I ever want to share my ramblings with the wider world, I’m going to have to make sure it works on everyone’s devices…
From a design perspective, I want something fun in a nostalgic way and have two lines of thought at the moment.
The first is to adopt the style and feel of the old Citadel publications from the 1990s. You know, the ones that showed off the range and how to paint your models on bright red and yellow pages.
The second is what I would call early Grim-Dark. The sort of style they used in the third edition Warhammer 40k rulebook and codexes as they moved away from the vibrancy and chaos of the 90s, but still captured an older sci-fi feel.
I think at the moment I’m leaning towards a tribute to 90s Citadel as I think it’s the most fun, but third edition 40k might be more visually appealing. That being said, I might do both. I could set the layout of the site to be standardised and build multiple style-sheets that can be interchanged. Then I could add more designs later and switch between them as the mood takes me without having to build a whole new theme…
That’s it for now. If you have any thoughts on how I should design the site, leave a comment below.
